Mauretania Tingitana

Mauretania Tingitana was a Roman province in North Africa which existed from 42 AD to 702 AD, with Tingis (Tangier) serving as its capital. It was created by Emperor Claudius after the division of Mauretania, and the Roman Army built a series of forts and ditches to defend the province from the Berbers in the south. In 422 AD, Vandals from Baetica in southern Hispania conquered Mauretania Tingitana, which was reconquered by the Byzantines under Belisarius in 533 AD. In 702 AD, the Umayyad Caliphate conquered the region and brought Islam to the local adherents of Berber paganism and Christianity.